European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and strides . 3 Congress to vote on cuts then on spending hikes Washington apr president Clinton and top democrats in Congress want to let rank and file democrats show they re serious about deficit reduction. So the White House said tuesday that a congressional vote would be held first on a budget Resolution that lays out Clinton a plans for tax increases and spending cuts. Then or simultaneously a vote will be taken on the presidents s16 billion in spending increases that arc intended to stimulate the Economy. White House spokesman George St thanopoulos said that in a tuesday evening Telephone conference with democratic congressional leaders Clinton Quot asked them to put the budget Resolution on a fast track so we could lock in the spending cuts As soon As possible and they have  House speaker Thomas s. Foley d-wash., said the Short term increases in Road building and other programs would be voted on Quot a week or two Quot later than planned. The budget Resolution would be adopted about a month earlier than anticipated. Foley said he expected votes on both measures to come Between mid March and april 2, when Congress begins its easter recess. Quot its important and valuable to demonstrate to the whole country our commitment is to the whole program not just the stimulus program Quot Foley told reporters. Full recovery seen for Aspin Washington apr defense Secretary los Aspin hospitalized with shortness of breath related to an underlying heart condition is expected to make a full recovery his doctors say. The doctors issued a statement tuesday saying they had inserted a tube or Catheter into the 54-Ycar-old Cabinet officials heart to Monitor fluid Levels there and were taking daily a rays. They said his condition was a stable and improving Quot As he spent his third night in Georgetown University Hospital s intensive care unit. They said the prognosis was for a full recovery and they would not have reservations about his returning to his Pentagon duties when he leaves the Hospital. Aspin was admitted sunday with shortness of breath that doctors said was triggered by a typhoid inoculation that caused a fever. Rather than a newer Oral vaccine Aspin got a typhoid shot costing 35 cents that is known to cause nausea and fever Pentagon spokesman Verne Guidry said tuesday. The Oral vaccine costs $1.90 and must be administered in four doses taken every other Day. Guidry said the use of inject Able vaccine was under investigation. Doctors said Aspin suffers from an underlying condition known As hypertrophic cardiomyopathy a thickening of heart muscle. They said his heart skips occasional beats which the physicians said did not appear dangerous and represented a common symptom in Pat ends with Aspinw a condition. The statement said Aspin takes medication known As Beta blockers to reduce the Force of his heart contractions. They said the Catheter had been in place for 24 hours and probably would remain there for another 24  credibility of Congress is not the greatest end people Ere cynical and if we voted on the stimulus package first they a say a nah you la never do the  a rep. Jerroll Nadler . The decision came after numerous democratic lawmakers a mainly fiscal conservatives and freshmen a signalled a revolt Over plans to approve the spending increases in March and the budget Resolution about a month later. A the credibility of Congress is not the greatest and people arc cynical and if we voted on the stimulus package first they a say a a you la never do the cuts a a a said freshman rep. Jerrold Nadler . The mane vering came As the House prepared to take up a $5.7 billion package wednesday that would extend unemployment benefits for the Long term jobless. The measure is part of Clinton a Short term stimulus package. The theory behind the jobless benefits proposal is that keeping Cash flowing to the unemployed will have a stabilizing effect on a fragile Economy. Bomb scare an unidentified passenger Center on a Twa flight from Rome is taken into custody tuesday at new Yorkus Kennedy Airport. He allegedly told a flight attendant 40 minutes before the plane landed that he had 260 Grants about 9 ounces of plastic explosives. Flight 841, with 155 passengers and 19 Crew members landed without incident at 3 37 . Authorities were still questioning the suspect and searching the plane. Perjury can mean longer term for guilty defendant court says ily the los Angeles times washing i on a the supreme court ruled tuesday that a person who denies charges against him in court but is later convicted May be subject to additional Federal penalties for obstruction of Justice. The decision could make defendants reluctant to testify in their own behalf. The 9-0 ruling overturns a Federal appeals court which ruled that a defendants right to deny his guilt without fear of punishment was a Basic to  writing for the High court Justice Anthony Kennedy said a a defendants right Lor testify does not include a right to commit perjury. A the decision reinstates a 51-month prison term for a West Virginia woman who denied being part of coca ring but was later convicted on multiple drug charges. Tuesdays ruling applies directly Only to testimony in Federal courts but the decision makes Clear that state judges also May impose stiffer sentences on defendants who lie. Criminal Law experts said judges have Long been Able to impose harsher sentences on defendants who take the witness stand and perjure themselves during testimony about others. A Bank robbery defendant who falsely accuses someone else of committing the crime for example could be sentenced to 15 years in prison when perjury charges were added rather than 10  Frt Sunry 25, Togy or a a a a a t army Pilot found dead in wreckage of helicopter from a hrs or ports Gallipolis Ohio a the wreckage of an army helicopter and the body of its Pilot were found tuesday in Ohio near the West Virginia Border. M3j. Robert p. Mallory of fort Campbell ky., left the Tri City Airport near Huntington w.va., at 5 25 . Monday after stopping to refuel his oh-6 two seater helicopter. The helicopter which was in route to fort Belvoir va., was found in Gallia county near the Ohio River around 2 . Tuesday. The cause of the crash will be investigated by the army a safety Center in fort Rucker ala., said it. Col. George Norton an army spokesman at fort Bragg . The helicopter was attached to the 160th special operations aviation regt airborne in fort Campbell. The 160th is a subordinate Clement of the army s special operations headquartered in fort Bragg Norton said. 3 Hurt As car hits horse san Juan puerto Rico a three . Sailors were injured tuesday when their car slammed into a horse and went out of control. The sailors were returning to Roosevelt roads naval base Southeast of san Juan about 3 . When their car hit the horse in the coastal town of Luquillo. The horse fell onto the Hood blocking the Windshield. The car travelled 350 feet and bounced off a safety Wall then went 280 feet and hit a Bridge police said. The horse died. Two of the sailors remained hospitalized when their submarine the Sunfish based in Charleston s.c., left on a training Mission said it. . Jones a base spokeswoman. Jones said one of the three Petty officer John Norman was treated at the base Hospital for cuts and released. His Hometown was not Given. The Navy spokeswoman would not release the names or hometowns of the two hospitalized Petty officers pending notification of relatives. The Navy said that no alcohol was involved in the Accident and that the sailors had been wearing seat belts. New twist in torching cose Tampa Fla. A the key witness counted on by prosecutors in the new years Day burning of a Black tourist has changed his Story again admitting he was More involved in the attack than he had indicated. The latest twist prompted the state to drop Ai plea agreement it made with 18-year-old Jeffery Pellett to testify against two companions. All three Are White. Prosecutors were once again left trying to build a Case with no physical evidence and a victim who has been unable to identify his attackers. A a we re Back to Square one in terms of the available evidence and our ability to prove this Case Quot assistant state attorney Len Register said tuesday. A a we re obviously  Early in the investigation Pellett implicated himself and fellow White labourers Mark a. Kohut 26, and Charles p. Rourk 33, in the torching of Christopher Wilson of new York City. Pellett said he Only followed behind in a second vehicle and did no to participate in abducting Wilson dousing him with gasoline or setting him afire. All three were charged with attempted murder armed kidnapping and armed robbery. The trial is set for april 12. Then late last month Pellett recanted saying he made it All up to get attention from his family. Last week he was Back to his original Story and signed a plea Deal agreeing to testify against Kohut and Rourk in Exchange for being allowed to plead guilty to a single charge of accessory after the fact. Under that Deal Pellett would serve no More than 22 months in prison. But then officials said Pellett took detectives on a Tuur of the crime scene and gave them details that showed a deeper involvement. Register said he intends to use Pelletti a latest statement against him at the trial